(Final) 4 months!

Happy little Hawk

March is always one of my favorite times of the year.  March Madness, St Patrick's Day, and a beginning to wonderful weather all create a perfect few weeks.  These last several weeks have been even busier than normal because the Jayhawks have made it back to the Final 4, Shannon resumed work after her maternity leave, which meant Reid started daycare, and we were lucky enough to have a visit from Gigi.

Grant and Reid giggling

St. Patrick's Day was busy this year because first we got to go meet the newest little Colorado Jayhawk, John Rogers, and we also had the Wrights over for a traditional Irish dinner of corned beef and cabbage.  Here are a few pictures from around St. Patrick's Day.

Grant making green Jello at school with his friends and the wonderful Miss Debbie

Our little leprechaun

Shannon and Reid with Todd and baby John

Alex and Grant being boys

The Monday after St Patrick's Day was Reid's first day at school.  He did a fantastic job just like we expected.  We (and by that I mean Shannon) had a couple of trial runs of getting two boys ready for school before Shannon had to go back to work and Gigi came to visit.

Reid found a spot to hang out very quickly

Kissing Reid goodbye (everyone was thrilled to get to see Grant again in the classroom)

Gigi got some good Reid snuggles in

Bonus Brady and Reid pic

On 3/21/12 Reid turned 4 months, which meant another trip to the doctor for a well baby check-up.  Much like Grant, Reid is not exactly tipping the scales.  We were kind of surprised because unlike Grant, Reid wants to eat all of the time.  Currently Reid weighs 13 lbs 9.3 oz (18th percentile), he was 60.5 cm long (8th percentile), and his head circumference was at the 37th percentile.  Here are Reid's 4 month pictures.

March would not be complete if I didn't mention the Madness that goes along with this month.  After a few years of the disappointment of a number 1 seed not making it to the Final 4, Kansas surprised us and quite possibly overachieved this year.  Last Sunday the Jayhawks played against North Carolina to get to the Final 4 so we invited over the Rogers.  It was an epic game and had a fantastic finish.  The funniest part was when Grant started the Rock Chalk Chant with about 4 minutes left and the game not wrapped up yet.  Maybe he was on to something because UNC did not score the rest of the game.  It was pretty cool to hear him start the chant without prompting, but it was even better to hear the chant later echo through the Edward Jones Dome.

All 4 boys, Grant, Reid, Alex and John

The littlest boys having fun watching the Hawks

Rollin' in to March

We've got a roller now! Well at least a baby boy who is attempting to roll over.  Reid has started to roll over on his side, even though it is usually only on his left side.  Here's a video:

 

At the beginning of the month, Shannon and I had the pleasure of going to The Melting Pot for Denver Restaurant Week.  It was a fabulous evening of fondue, but more importantly it was the first night that Shannon and I have gone out (sans kids) since Reid was born.  The March's generously offered to watch the boys while we went out for dinner and we cannot thank them enough.

Evan helping to hold Reid

Andrew and Grant taking a break from playing to read books

Also due to the high demand of requests for more videos of Grant singing, here is one of him reciting the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffet.

And finally here are a few pictures from our most recent trip to the zoo.  It has been unseasonably warm the last few weeks so we decided to take advantage of a lovely Monday.  It was Reid's first trip to the zoo and one of most fun trips with Grant.  The animals were very active, but my favorite animals were the sea otters because they kept doing back flips through the water.  Grant says his favorite was the cheetah.

Getting started with the zebras

Checking out the giraffes

The boys watching the sea lion show

Grant had to "ride" the ox

And of course get into the wagon

I think Reid enjoyed his first visit to the zoo

The lions were sunbathing on our way out

We're looking forward to Reid being able to complete his new trick of rolling over, March Madness, St. (Grant) Patrick's Day, and we'll keep you updated on each of those fun events.